BOLIVIA-DENGUE

BOLIVIA-DENGUE

A child affected by dengue lies on bed at hospital in Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, on February 27, 2009. In Bolivia’s worst national outbreak in a decade, 19 people have died from dengue fever since January and 31,000 people have been affected, official estimates showed Thursday. Twelve people died from the disease in the tropical eastern region of Santa Cruz, three others died in central Bolivia, two others in the Andean west and one in the capital city of La Paz, according to an official toll cited by ATB television. AFP PHOTO/STR